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Oxygen vacancy-hydroxyl frustrated Lewis pairs enabling CO2 cycloaddition for halogen-free synthesis of cyclic carbonates
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04831A, PaperChengguang Yue, Jiaxin Li, Mei-Yan Wang, Zhiyi Yang, Tiantian Xiao, Ji Qi, Shouying Huang, Yue Wang, Liang-Nian He, Xinbin Ma
A series of Co3O4 catalysts with unique oxygen vacancy-hydroxyl FLPs were developed. The FLPs breaks the trade-off between CO2 adsorption and dissociation via forming a metastable d-HCO3 species, enabling the efficient synthesis of cyclic carbonates.
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Synergistic enhancement of evaporation-driven power generation via thermoelectric coupling at elevated temperatures
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03587B, CommunicationXin Zhou, Changhao Li, Jianfeng Lin, Guang Yang, Zipei Zhang, Zhangfeng Wu, Mi Lu, Jianping Lin
We overcame low power limitations using a novel hybrid evaporative–thermoelectric generator. This sustainable synergy yielded 11.37 W m−2 (31.45% increase) at 100 °C with a p-Bi2Te3 device.
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From lab-scale performance to field barriers: electrocatalytic nitrate treatment for sustainable water remediation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04166J, Tutorial ReviewZhenlin Mo, Wei Guo, Laiji Xu, Yiwen Chen, Shaoqi Zhou, Baojun Liu
A green circular economy system for converting industrial wastewater (nitrates) into agricultural resources (ammonia, energy).
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An unexpected transition-metal free regioselective cyclization of alkynyl-tethered indoles to prepare indole-fused azepino[2,1-b]quinazolinones and spiroindole-pyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazolinones
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04267D, PaperPei-Sen Zou, Yi-Fan Geng, Xiao-Qing Liu, Jun-Cheng Su, Cheng-Xue Pan, Dong-Liang Mo, Gui-Fa Su
A base-promoted atom economical and unexpectedly selective cyclization strategy was developed for the synthesis of indole-fused azepino[2,1-b]quinazolinones and spiroindole-pyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazolinones.
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High energy content bi- and mono-cycloalkane and iso-alkane jet blending mixtures derived from ethanol
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03955J, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Robert A. Dagle, Nickolas Riedel, Zhibin Yang, Johnny Saavedra Lopez, Alia Cooper, Michael Thorson, Louis Edwards Caceres-Martinez, Wan Tang Jeff Zhang, Hilkka I. Kenttämaa, Gozdem Kilaz, Joshua Heyne, Ralph GillespieThe aromatization of ethanol-derived olefinic intermediates provides a route forward to high energy density synthetic aviation fuel (SAF) with favorable O-ring seal swell properties.
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A green and efficient strategy for leaching critical metals from spent LiNixCoyMnzO2 cathodes: Modulating the dielectric SiO2 contact-electro-catalytic activity
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04080A, PaperMan Yang, Shuhao Qin, Youchang Yang, Mingmi Wu, Ting Lei, Yufei Liu, Huiju Shao
Amid the global transition toward carbon neutrality, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are experiencing unprecedented demand growth as key energy storage components. Contact-electro-catalysis (CEC) method has been utilized in recycling spent LIBs...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04080A, PaperMan Yang, Shuhao Qin, Youchang Yang, Mingmi Wu, Ting Lei, Yufei Liu, Huiju Shao
Amid the global transition toward carbon neutrality, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are experiencing unprecedented demand growth as key energy storage components. Contact-electro-catalysis (CEC) method has been utilized in recycling spent LIBs...
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Green Pathways to Low Sulfur Diesel: Advances and Challenges in Desulfurization Technologies
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04160K, Tutorial ReviewPeiwen Wu, Shaojie Ma, Wenshuai Zhu
Diesel desulfurization is crucial for producing ultra-low sulfur diesel to meet stringent environmental regulations and reduce harmful emissions. Traditional hydrodesulfurization processes, while widely used, face limitations in removing refractory sulfur...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04160K, Tutorial ReviewPeiwen Wu, Shaojie Ma, Wenshuai Zhu
Diesel desulfurization is crucial for producing ultra-low sulfur diesel to meet stringent environmental regulations and reduce harmful emissions. Traditional hydrodesulfurization processes, while widely used, face limitations in removing refractory sulfur...
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A porous liquid constructed from single-walled polyoxometalate nanotubes for sustainable extractive–oxidative desulfurization
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05177K, PaperJing He, Weilai Zhang, Haiyan Huang, Ruyu Cai, Yingxue Cui, Yingcheng Wu, Xiantai Zhou, Huaming Li, Wei Jiang
A unique PWNTs-liquid has been developed, comprising POM-based single-walled nanotubes and a bulky bis-imidazolium-based IL. The PWNTs-liquid could extract thiophene sulfur and convert it into sulfone products with high economic added value.
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Eco-design for the Sustainable Scale-Up of Flexible Transparent Conductive Electrodes at the Early-Stage Development
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03167B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhengyin Piao, Luz Meza, Darpan Shukla, Richard A. Venditti, Yong Zhu, Yuan Yao
Silver nanowires (AgNWs) printed on regenerated cellulose (RC) substrate represent a promising class of flexible transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs), paving the way for a wide range of intelligent applications related...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03167B, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhengyin Piao, Luz Meza, Darpan Shukla, Richard A. Venditti, Yong Zhu, Yuan YaoSilver nanowires (AgNWs) printed on regenerated cellulose (RC) substrate represent a promising class of flexible transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs), paving the way for a wide range of intelligent applications related...
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Electrochemical Metal-Free Functionalization of ArCF3: Efficient Construction of C-S, C-Se, C-D, C-H, and C-C Bonds
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05060J, CommunicationZhi min Xu, Zong hao Zhou, Xiaochen Wang, Yu xia Yang, Yi Pan, Yi Wang
Herein, we report an innovative metal-free catalytic electrochemical defluorination method for constructing C-S, C-Se, C-D, C-H, and C-C bonds. This approach offers excellent versatility, starting from simple trifluoroarylbenzene as a...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05060J, CommunicationZhi min Xu, Zong hao Zhou, Xiaochen Wang, Yu xia Yang, Yi Pan, Yi Wang
Herein, we report an innovative metal-free catalytic electrochemical defluorination method for constructing C-S, C-Se, C-D, C-H, and C-C bonds. This approach offers excellent versatility, starting from simple trifluoroarylbenzene as a...
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Differentiated regulation of mineral interface properties using an eco-friendly polysaccharide depressant for enhanced apatite–dolomite sustainable flotation separation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04872A, PaperBin Yang, Jing Li, Jingfeng He, Lingtao Zhu, Shihai Guo, Song Zhang
A biodegradable, environmentally friendly, and highly selectively polysaccharide depressant PG modulates the interfacial properties between apatite and dolomite, thereby enabling the efficient flotation separation of these two minerals.
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Photocatalytic Upcycling of PET into Methane, Hydrogen and High-value Liquid Products
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03562G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Madeline Weisweiller, Adrian Ertl, Cornelia von Baeckmann, Anil Kumar Sihag, Christian M. Pichler, Freddy Kleitz, Dominik Eder, Alexey S. Cherevan
The harmful effects of daily plastic use are increasingly evident, with most waste burned or landfilled, leading to the formation of microplastics that pollute the environment and the food chain....
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03562G, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Madeline Weisweiller, Adrian Ertl, Cornelia von Baeckmann, Anil Kumar Sihag, Christian M. Pichler, Freddy Kleitz, Dominik Eder, Alexey S. CherevanThe harmful effects of daily plastic use are increasingly evident, with most waste burned or landfilled, leading to the formation of microplastics that pollute the environment and the food chain....
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Direct Electrocatalytic O-O Coupling for Modular Synthesis of Aza-cyclic Peroxides from Paired Oxygen Donors
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04553C, CommunicationCong Yu, Liwei Wang, Xiaotong Bu, Hui Liao, Meng Gao
Organic peroxidic bonds represent privileged scaffolds in both organic and medicinal chemistry. However, direct construction of peroxidic bonds (O-O) remains unreported in synthetic methodology, as conventional strategies rely on preactivated...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04553C, CommunicationCong Yu, Liwei Wang, Xiaotong Bu, Hui Liao, Meng Gao
Organic peroxidic bonds represent privileged scaffolds in both organic and medicinal chemistry. However, direct construction of peroxidic bonds (O-O) remains unreported in synthetic methodology, as conventional strategies rely on preactivated...
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Si-doped γ-Al2O3 from solid-phase grinding for highly efficient one-step production of L, L-lactide
Green Chem., 2025, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04167H, PaperMin-Min Wang, Hong Guo, Zheng-Wu Wang, Yu-Quan Yan, Yi-Zhou Zhu, He-Fang Wang
L, L-lactide, the important precursor for biodegradable polylactic acid, has attracted significant attention. The one-step synthesis based on nanoconfinement primarily utilizes porous catalysts to induce the cyclization of L-lactic acid...
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DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04167H, PaperMin-Min Wang, Hong Guo, Zheng-Wu Wang, Yu-Quan Yan, Yi-Zhou Zhu, He-Fang Wang
L, L-lactide, the important precursor for biodegradable polylactic acid, has attracted significant attention. The one-step synthesis based on nanoconfinement primarily utilizes porous catalysts to induce the cyclization of L-lactic acid...
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Rearrangement-driven divergent synthesis: a metal-free tandem annulation for CF3-functionalized 1-(aminomethyl)naphthalen-2-ols and 1-(2-naphthyl)azetidines
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05046D, CommunicationBin Wang, Zekun Li, Hua Cao
A novel metal- and base-free controllable tandem cyclization/rearrangement strategy for divergent synthesis of CF3-containing 1-(aminomethyl)naphthalen-2-ols and 1-(2-naphthyl)azetidines is established.
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An electrochemical azidation of least hindered tertiary and benzylic C(sp3)–H bonds
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC05418D, CommunicationJianyou Zhao, Jiaoyang Liu, Zhe Zhang, Chengling Deng, Shengkang Qian, Zhehuai Liu, Fan Wang, Shuai Liu, Zhong-Quan Liu
We herein report a Cu-electrocatalyzed strategy for selective azidation of tertiary and benzylic C(sp3)–H bonds, affording the corresponding azides in consistently high yields.
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Photo-promoted carbonylative carboxylation of alkenes to synthesize β-alkyl ketocarboxylic acid derivatives with CO and CO2 as two mixed C1 gaseous molecules
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04231C, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hefei Yang, Le-Cheng Wang, Yuanrui Wang, Xiao-Feng WuHerein, we report a photocatalytic carbonylative carboxylation strategy for alkenes, achieving the cooperative utilization of both CO and CO2 as C1 building blocks within a single reaction system.
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Hydrogen-driven, ATP-dependent biocatalytic reduction of carboxylic acids under non-explosive conditions
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03751D, Communication
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Marianna Karava, Qian Liang, Elske van der Pol, Margit Winkler, Robert KouristThe reduction of carboxylic acids to alcohols in a hydrogen-driven whole-cell biocatalyst employing carboxylic acid reductases ensures high atom and mass efficiency, enabling a potentially more sustainable route for the synthesis of alcohols.
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Overcoming thermodynamic incompatibilities with photons: multi-carbon hydrocarbons from methane and carbon dioxide via a hybrid photocatalytic dry reforming/Fischer–Tropsch process
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04326C, CommunicationHiroaki Kaneko, Shusaku Shoji, Yohei Cho, Tomotaka Sugimura, Ayako Hashimoto, Hideki Abe, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyauchi
Combining methane dry reforming (DRM) and Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) enables the conversion of greenhouse gases into valuable hydrocarbons via syngas.
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Electron-withdrawing group in covalent organic frameworks induced separated redox centers toward enhanced overall H2O2 photosynthesis in pure water
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04352B, PaperLijun Liao, Wenjiao Wang, Wei Qin, Hongqi Chu, Xuepeng Wang, Liping Guo, Zhenzi Li, Fuquan Bai, Wei Zhou
Introducing a sulfone group into COF structure induces electron accumulation and separated redox centers for efficient water oxidation and oxygen reduction reaction, thus accelerating the overall photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis in pure water.
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